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gnupg not where node.js CLI app expects it to be #1729

Open Soupala opened 9 years ago

Soupala commented 9 years ago

I installed the prerequisites on Ubuntu 14.04 with 'apt-get install gnupg', although I think it comes preinstalled.

root@hostname:/# keybase version keybase (keybase.io CLI) v0.8.16

root@hostname:/# keybase login info: Updated file: /root/.cache/keybase/session.json error: gpg exited with code 2 warn: gpg: keyblock resource /root/.gnupg/secring.gpg': file open error warn: gpg: keyblock resource/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': file open error warn: gpg: fatal: /root/.gnupg: directory does not exist! warn: secmem usage: 0/0 bytes in 0/0 blocks of pool 0/65536

oconnor663 commented 9 years ago

Run mkdir /root/.gnupg as root. (Since it looks like you're running keybase as root.) The issue is that gpg sometimes creates that directory for itself and sometimes refuses to. We should probably just do it on startup -- it seems to be a frequent issue for people. Any objections, @maxtaco?

mattjbones commented 9 years ago

I had this problem too. I ended up running gpg --gen-key after realising the issue. I was going to suggest the same as @oconnor663 - If it's possible to do this during keybase-installer while properly init'ing gpg (if there are any other init steps that gig needs).

Soupala commented 9 years ago

I think enough of an edgecase where its not a big deal either way. As long as others can query and find this answer/solution.

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irfaan commented 8 years ago

+1 Ran into this myself. However, I was not running keybase as root. mkdir /[path]/.gnupg as normal user (h/t @oconnor663) worked for me. Thanks!